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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Which of the multiples is Mr. McCormack selling to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We mentioned Lidl and Aldi. Are they buying strawberries in Ireland or where are their strawberries coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Has Mr. McCormack ever supplied them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. McCormack.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tutors currently working in the further education sector will retain the right to receive social welfare payments during holiday breaks if they decide to stay as they are and not accept the adult educator contracts recently offered to them by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, respectively, under the timeframe of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the estimated funding drawdown to date in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome other speakers. I agree that the sport horse is a huge part of cultural and social identity right across rural Ireland. We are very proud of this, and this committee, in particular, takes it very seriously. While we will deal with the bones of the strategy and the issues the organisation is facing, this is a great chance to address something I have addressed several times with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I will send it through the secretariat and Mr. Duggan can respond directly on it. Mr. Duggan alluded to the Indecon report in his opening statement. As he rightly said, it has been a turbulent time for Horse Sport Ireland. The organisation was marred with multiple crises within the industry and on the board itself. I appreciate that a new board has been put in place and we wish all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We are probably precluded from going into many of the details in it. They have indicated that the correspondence has been shared with HSI. Would Mr. Duggan agree that there is disquiet across the equestrian community at this time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We will certainly share that with HSI. The Equestrian Competition Venues Owners Alliance, ECVOA, is a representative group of 18 of the biggest equestrian competition venues in Ireland; probably the bedrock of the industry. Competition needs venues and all of these people have invested heavily. In some cases, they have received LEADER funding and State funding. It is very important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: If the secretariat sends the specific queries from ECVOA, is Mr. Duggan prepared to answer those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I will forward all three to the secretariat and if Mr. Duggan can come back, it would be much appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Apologies, I had to go out for a vote. I have two more questions, if the Chair and the speakers can indulge me. Mr. Duggan told the previous speaker about the accounts that are published in the annual report. I suppose in many cases accounts are a bit like a PR exercise; they tell some of the story but they do not tell the full story. While I do not expect that HSI will publish them,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I know. They would be the typical profit and loss account, P&L, and balancing statement but I would be looking for the internal departmental accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Specifically, each heading within Mr. Duggan's organisation will have its own internal P&L. Can Mr. Duggan share those with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: In terms of what HSI returns to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, what would that show by department? That would only show where the funding that they gave HSI went? Would it show HSI's day-to-day spending under each department heading?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Say, those returns that HSI makes to the Department, can Mr. Duggan share those with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Horse Sport Ireland is on its road show at present. It is commendable. I referenced some of the queries from the Equestrian Competition Venues Owners Alliance, ECVOA, earlier. Obviously, it is important that HSI engages with all the major stakeholders, and particularly one as big as that. It is engaging with the public in competitions. It is a critical area, in particular, for bringing...